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Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across
Answer for the clue "Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across ", 9 letters:
horseplay
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Word definitions for horseplay in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm. vb. To engage in horseplay.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. rowdy or boisterous play
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rough, excessive play," 1580s, from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.). \n
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Horseplay is a five-piece English folk music based in County Durham . Their album Roughshod was released in 2006.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Horseplay \Horse"play`\, n. Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. --Dryden.
Usage examples of horseplay.
Only in the privacy of the wardroom could middies release their natural tensions in horseplay.
Gym bags and oversize canvas duffels had been lined up in random clusters while the kids themselves milled around, engaged in various forms of horseplay.
There was something weird, something repugnant about the thought of those men sitting up to their necks in wooden tubs of skin-scummy bathwater, splashing and horseplaying like kids in a swimming hole.
And there was something repugnant about the thought of those men sitting up to their necks in wooden tubs of skin-scummy bathwater, splashing and horseplaying like kids in a swimming hole.